Ice-cream cone



Jan. 25 1927. 1,615,681

M. E. BUHSE ET ICE CREAM CONE Filed July 29, 1922 Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

UNITED STATES A 1,615,681 PATENT OFFICE.

MAXIMILIAN E. BUHSE AND WALTER W. BUHSE, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, AS- SIGNORS TO MARYLAND BAKING 00., OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ICE-CREAM CONE.

Application filed July 29,

. Qur present invention relates to what is generally known as ice-cream cones, the same being edible, baked pastry shells or ice-cream containers of tapered form which, in accordance with universal practice, have hitherto been brought to an apex. Such cones are of excellent form to hold in the hand when filled with ice-cream and to be eaten from the hand, but they have always had this serious disadvantage that they were not self-supporting, that is, they would not stand up on a flat surface and could be held upright or in position to hold the ice-cream therein only when placed in specially designed holders, such as racks or plates having perforations or seats to receive the cones.

Our invention makes a highly important advance in the construction of commercial ice-cream cones by providing the same with flat bottoms. Otherwise stated, the ice-cream cones are truncated, thereby providing flat bottoms adapting them to be set in 'selfsustaining positions, filled with ice-cream, on counters, tables, trays or like places.

' In order to maintain all of the advantages of the cone with the self-sustaining character noted, the flat bottoms must be of materially less diameter than the axial depth of the truncated cones or containers. The invention also involves some other minor but important features illustrated in the draw- Tn the drawings, which illustrate the invention, like -characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l'is a perspective showing the truncated ice-cream cone embodying our invention; and I Fig. 2 is a vertical axial section through the truncated cone, showing also by dotted lines a second cone of the same character nested therewith.

The truncated shell or conical body 3, as already stated, is provided with a fiat bottom 4 that is of considerably less diameter than the axial depth of said body. Preferably, thisbottom 4 projects to form a circumferential bead 5 that stands out but slightly from the body ofthe shell. At the rim of its open end, the shell 3 is formed' with the customary outstanding marginal head 6. On its outer surface, said shell ,3 is formed with circumferentially spaced approximately U-shaped stop ribs 7 that extend 1922. serial'No. 578,409.

downward ,from the marginal head 6 and project to such an extent that they will engage on the top of the marginal head 6 of another truncated cone into which the first has been telescoped, as shown in Fig. 2. This prevents the two nested cones from being stuck together or from having any ex- However, the mechanical features above particularly noted are highly important and herein claimed.

It is obvious that these self-sustaining truncated ice-cream cones have very great commercial advantages over the ordinarily shaped ice-cream cones, in that they may be used in the manner above generally stated. The salesman at thecounter, selling these cones, may ,rapidlyfill the same and set the same in rows or groups on a counter; the waiter may carry a large number thereof on an ordinary tray; and persons seated at a table need not hold the cones in the hand as has hitherto been necessary, but may place the same, from time to time, on the table. The fact alone that these truncated cones are adapted to be served to persons at tables will greatly increase the demand therefor.

What we claim is:

1. An ice cream cone having an annular, outwardly extending head at the top, and having below said bead a plurality of curved loops extending from the outer surface of' the cone to support the cone on the bead of a similar cone to prevent too snug nesting of H 3 cones.

- z. The cone of claim 1 in which the cone is of the general shape of a whisky glass, and is of a size to receive snugly at its open end the usual spherical helping of ice cream, the depth or axial length of the cone being approximately one and one half times the diameter of the top opening. In testimony whereof we afiix our 'signatures.

" g MAXIMILIAN E. BUHSE. 'WALTER W. BUHSE. 

